i bought essence 91 glamorous life even though it's not my usual color because it looked so yummy in the bottle. but, the first time i had it on, it looked weird on me so i took it off after less than one day. the reason why i was so unhappy with it is probably because i bought it in the beginning of spring, when i was still so horribly pale. now that i have some color on me, i like it much more!

the polish itself is not so easily described. it is a cooled raspberry red jelly base with pink glass flecks that look silvery on nails. complicated, right? but gorgeous! formula is a bit on the thin side, which is expected for jellies, but the application is easy, as it usually is with essence polishes. the glass flecked glitter is quite fine, so it doesn't leave textured feel even without top coat. also, it is quite shiny on its own, but i can't imagine not wearing top coat. i actually like that it's sheer, because the glass fleck somehow "jump out" through all the coats.natural light:

i made this post about a month ago, but somehow i always gave priority to other swatches. in the meantime, i had it on my nails yesterday for the last time, since i managed to empty the bottle, and with the new essence collection and all, it is discontinued. it turns out that, completely unexpectedly, i wore this polish more than any other this summer! i took some pictures yesterday, because my nails looked amazing, since i still have my summer tan :D but, only when i transferred the pictures to my laptop, i saw that they look awfully grainy, because i forgot that my boyfriend played with the settings while we were on holiday, and i forgot to readjust them :(